Conrad Life Report

Welcome to Episode 12! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 12 topics: Intro theme: none. waking up at 4am, trip to Cincinnati, Technics stereo system project, The Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg, 'On Food' by Mark Greif, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared by Deerhunter, The Kinks, The Unseen In Between by Steve Gunn, Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten, William Tyler, Public Enemy, Threes Brewing, accidental coat switch at Grateful Dead Night, outro music: none.

Welcome to Episode 11! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 11 topics: Intro theme: none. Christmas in New York City, The Palm restaurant, Philip Larkin, Required Writing, The Movement, Robert Conquest, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, poetry, art as a career vs art as a pure artistic pursuit, Kingsley Amis, meeting at Oxford, Three Body Problem, Interstellar, 'The Rally Boys' by Guided By Voices, 'Feel So Great' by Garcia Peoples, Phish 12/29/18 @ Madison Square Garden, Gulliver's Gate on West 44th Street, Suarez Family Ms. Frank, Other Half Triple Nelson Daydream, Listermann Imperial Marshmallow Fluff Nutcase, Singlecut Mellifluous Life, outro music: none.

Welcome to Episode 10! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 10 topics: Intro theme: none. days off, using days before expiration, Amtrak in the Hudson Valley, bridges, town of Hudson, Hudson Opera House, The National, Gail Van Dorsey, Kaki King, Long Pond, Threes Brewing, Rivertown Lodge, Hudson Valley Planned Parenthood, waking up in the country, Bob's Restaurant, traffic in NYC, new Kosciuszko bridge/span, holiday parties, How Music Works by David Byrne, art vs commerce, day jobs vs art, Charles Ives, T.S. Eliot, Miles Davis and John Coltrane The Bootleg Series Vol. 6, outdo music: none.

Welcome to Episode 9! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 9 topics: Intro theme: The Takers by Takka Takka, How Music Works by David Byrne, Half Price Books, trip to Cincinnati, Treasure Island, The Red Badge Of Courage, Bryan and Beth's house, 3 Floyds, Threes Brewing, La Rosa's, Rhinegeist, Madtree, Bruce Bowdon, Gavin Tabone, CVG airport hotels, watching Michigan/Ohio State, Mark Graham, Mark Albers, Union Grounds, Prime Meats, Henry Public, Suarez Family, Mikkeller/The National Reality Based Pils, Christmas tree, outro music: none.

Welcome to Episode 8! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 8 topics: Intro theme: The Takers by Takka Takka, fading in music in GarageBand, My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard, length of the My Struggle series, Julian Barnes, art, abstract art, John Turner, parameters and context in art, parameters within artist setlists, U2, "Dirty Day," Bruce Springsteen, Grateful Dead, Joseph Campbell, the hero's journey, Bob Weir, Garden Of The Ark at Saint Vitus 11/8/18, Barton Hills Choir at Brooklyn Bowl 11/11/18, Grateful Dead Night at Threes Brewing 11/14/18, ninja class, kindergarten drop-offs, parent/teacher conferences, report cards, Thanksgiving, outro music: none.

Welcome to Episode 7! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 7 topics: Intro theme: The Optimists Were Wrong by Takka Takka, improving the audio of the intro music, My Struggle Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard, memoir as narrative prose, the effect of the senses on memory recall, the riveting and the mundane, lifelogging as a concept, lifelogging as media topic, tools of lifelogging, notebooks, Foursquare, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn Queens Expressway rehabilitation project, Save The Promenade campaign, running before daylight, the end of Daylight Saving Time, 2018 NYC Marathon, midterm elections, voting at the Carroll Gardens Public Library, Tom Hayden, Students for a Democratic Society, Bowlmor Lanes, the worth of work outings, Garden Of The Ark at Saint Vitus, Grateful Dead kids show at Brooklyn Bowl, Five Boroughs Tiny Juicy IPA, Kelso CarrollGaarden Wit beer, 4/4 time, Cmaj, outro music: none.

Welcome to Episode 6! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 6 topics: Intro theme: How To Eat A Wolf by Takka Takka, reason for week off last week, Halloween, Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens on Halloween, Oliver's Empire State Building costume, trick or treating with nieces, completing the Three Body trilogy, Death's End, Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking, My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Prime Meats, Frankies 457, Henry Brill aka John Joseph Brill, Shepherd's Bush, SF 49ers, Union Grounds, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Barclays Center 10/26/18, Alec Bemis, Songs of Love and Horror by Will Oldham, "Gallipoli" by Beirut, outro music: Grave Song by Takka Takka

Welcome to Episode 5! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 5 topics: Intro theme: Where We Stand by Garden Of The Ark, Worldwide Organization Of Metalheads Against Nazis benefit compilation, blackeneddeath.bandcamp.com, Garden Of The Ark band members, Baxter Holland, Craig Montoro, Seaside Lounge, Charles Burst, Garden Of The Ark at Saint Vitus 11/8/18, The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, Stephen Hawking, the meaning of life, podcast motivation, NYC Ferry, routes/lines, Corlear's Hook, Greenwich Village, Generation Records, Bottle It Up by Kurt Vile, Peter Katis, Look Up by Elvis Costello, Grateful Dead Night at Threes Brewing, Rushing Duck Baby Elephant, Threes Brewing Smiling Politely, outro music: Where We Stand by Garden Of The Ark

Welcome to Episode 4! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 3 topics: Intro theme: Monkey Forest Road by Takka Takka, changing the marquee on cover art, Dreaming The Beatles by Rob Sheffield, The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby, Three Ring Bender performance at Threes Brewing, Ray Rizzo, Annie Nero, Josh Kaufman, Steve Shelley, Bonnie Prince Billy at Murmrr in Prospect Heights, Will Oldham, Ruben & Cherise, Day Of The Dead, Eaux Claires 2016, NYC Ferry, Oliver walking to school, Far Between by Threes Brewing, Louder Than A Fruit Bomb by Interboro, outro music: Homebreaker by Takka Takka.

Welcome to Episode 3! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 3 topics: Intro theme: These Broken Chairs by Takka Takka, Going' Down The Road by Blair Jackson, Mickey Hart, the role of drums in eastern religions vs. the role of drums in Western militarism, trance-inducement, Dreaming The Beatles by Rob Sheffield, Ringo Starr, Geoff Emerick, Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney's drums on Dear Prudence, Sleep Well Beast by The National, performing at Forest Hills Stadium, percussion role/parts/performance when playing with The National, set preparation, Remo rototoms, percussion 'bag of tricks,' Fake Empire, Wasp Nest, family and friends, more Mad Fat Fluff, Strawberry Milkshake IPA by Untitled Art, walking Oliver to school in the mornings, outro music: When You Leave by Takka Takka.